my current job is a teacher assistant in preschool. I am currently doing prerequisites for bmcc nursing program.
I hate my job I hate working with kids changing diapers and being exhausted all week. the bad thing that my job pays 16.39 an hour so I need to know what entry hospital job can I get that starts at 16 an hour so i don't lose financially.
also please inform me of any hospitals that do tuition reimbursement!!!
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my current job is a teacher assistant in preschool. I am currently doing prerequisites for bmcc nursing program.
I hate my job I hate working with kids changing diapers and being exhausted all week. the bad thing that my job pays 16.39 an hour so I need to know what entry hospital job can I get that starts at 16 an hour so i don't lose financially.
also please inform me of any hospitals that do tuition reimbursement!!!
For my hospital, the max tuition reimbursement you can get, if you work 40 hours a week, is $2400 a year, and few people have 40 hour positions.
I think CNAs start somewhere around $14 an hour, but I'm not positive.
If you know you really want nursing in the end, would taking a slight financial hit be worth it to get out of a job you hate? You'll have to make sacrifices somewhere along the line. Good luck.
Its one thing to change diapers on a nurses salary and ANOTHER on teacher assistants salary. Now instead of judging me, I am asking for help would really appreciate responses
I'm not going to judge you but I'm going to tell it to you straight. CNAs in a hospital where I am will be lucky to see $10/hr. LPNs cannot get hired into our systems but home health will hire you and pay $15-16 private duty with a lot of brief to change. Start rate for a new RN here is $24/hr and that's with loans to repay and a whole lot more stress from your other responsibilities on top of being up to your elbows in feces.
You may enjoy nursing if you can get over the body fluids, but I doubt it would be for the pay. Best of luck (and I honestly mean that, no sarcasm).
I was a SPED teacher ... it's a different kind of tired, a "I don't get paid for the amount of work I'm bringing home every night, why am I grading papers at 9p again" paid for this tired. And I did change diapers ...
But I did get holidays off, got home by 4:30 M-F, w/e off ...
I was working at my psych per diem job last night and my colostomy patient had a bag explosion. He was also highly agitated. This was just after I got on the floor. Poop galore. And this is psych, where you would think body fluids like that would be at a minimum.
I started stripping as soon as I hit my front door. Luckily the neighbors weren't watching at midnight (or if they did, well, they got a show).
OP - another poster said it well: what is it about changing diapers do you not like? None of us LIKE it; I don't think any of us jump for joy. But it's a fact of life when a code brown hits, and sometimes they hit a lot (depending on floor and patient). As a teacher, I hit them a lot less.
I have done both of these jobs, teachers assistant and RN. Being RN in more exhausting and a higher level of responsibility! So the stress of nursing is more exhausting.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
my current job is a teacher assistant in preschool. I am currently doing prerequisites for bmcc nursing program.
I hate my job I hate working with kids changing diapers and being exhausted all week. the bad thing that my job pays 16.39 an hour so I need to know what entry hospital job can I get that starts at 16 an hour so i don't lose financially.
also please inform me of any hospitals that do tuition reimbursement!!!
Nursing isn't a way to escape changing diapers.
I might suggest that you do your own research as to employment possibilities and tuition reimbursement. It's rather disrespectful to demand that others do it for you. Most hospitals have web sites that outline their benefits, and employment opportunities.
1. Take a class to become a certified nursing assistant or physical therapy assistant.
2. Talk to HR at hospitals in your area to find out what you need to do to get a nursing assistant job. Depending on the job market you may need to get experience at a nursing home.
3. Look at non-nursing jobs in the hospitals to get your foot in the door - receptionist, supply room, etc.
4. Ask HR in hospitals in your area about tuition reimbursement & pay scales for entry level jobs.
1. Take a class to become a certified nursing assistant or physical therapy assistant.
2. Talk to HR at hospitals in your area to find out what you need to do to get a nursing assistant job. Depending on the job market you may need to get experience at a nursing home.
3. Look at non-nursing jobs in the hospitals to get your foot in the door - receptionist, supply room, etc.
4. Ask HR in hospitals in your area about tuition reimbursement & pay scales for entry level jobs.
Just an FYI: Physical Therapy Assistant is a two-year degree program.
My son is a special needs kid who probably will never be potty trained. He is in a special classroom. If you hate it this much, or think you would do it for more money, please find something else to do.
Nursing involves a ton more diaper changes and that is nothing. I have had to deal with cleaning off maggots on homeless people. I have had to literally insert my gloved finger to scoop out poop from an adult. I have seen a patient suddenly bleed out and die right in front of me and then had to help clean the room after the code was over, which looked like a murder scene from hell. Nurses are typically exhausted and burnt out.
How about speech therapy or physical therapy. Maybe respiratory therapy. All of these involve lots of school. If you still want to do nursing, I guess adult psych might be your best bet or some kind of RN case manager or something. You would still have to make it through school and all of what that involves.
There really isn't an entry level job in a hospital that pays what you're making now. Nursing assistants make less and do far more work. The only thing I can think of is registrar (not to be confused with "registry")... registrar is where you ask ER patients for their insurance info. I don't know what their salary is though.
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For my hospital, the max tuition reimbursement you can get, if you work 40 hours a week, is $2400 a year, and few people have 40 hour positions.
I think CNAs start somewhere around $14 an hour, but I'm not positive.
If you know you really want nursing in the end, would taking a slight financial hit be worth it to get out of a job you hate? You'll have to make sacrifices somewhere along the line. Good luck.